28th Annual Academy Awards
March 21, 1956

The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
and the NBC Century Theatre, New York

Your Hosts: Jerry Lewis in Hollywood,
Claudette Colbert & Joseph L. Mankiewicz in New York
Televised over NBC
Welcome and introduction of Jerry Lewis:Academy President George Seaton
Documentary Awards:Eleanor Parker
Sound Recording:Sal Mineo
Scientific and Technical Awards:Mel Ferrer & Claire Trevor
Short Subjects:Arthur O'Connell, Marisa Pavan & Jo Van Fleet
Art Direction:Peggy Lee & Jack Lemmon
Costume Design:Susan Hayward
Cinematography:Cantinflas
Special Effects:James Cagney
Foreign Film:Claudette Colbert
Film Editing:Jerry Lewis & Mr. Magoo (on film)
Original Story:Joe Mantell
Screenplay:Anna Magnani (on film) - announced by Claudette Colbert
Story & Screenplay:Ernest Borgnine
Scoring Awards:Frank Sinatra
Director:Jennifer Jones (on film)
Song:Maurice Chevalier
Supporting Actor:Eva Marie Saint
Supporting Actress:Edmond O'Brien
Actor:Grace Kelly
Actress:Marlon Brando (on film) - announced by Jerry Lewis
Best Picture:Audrey Hepburn (on film)
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"-- Jane Powell
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"-- Eddie Fisher
Something's Gotta Give"-- Maurice Chevalier
"(Love Is) the Tender Trap"-- Dean Martin
"Unchained Melody"-- Harry Belafonte & Millard Thomas

Outside the Pantages Theatre on Awards night
Jerry Lewis co-hosting the Awards Ceremony
in Hollywood
Presenter Grace Kelly (c.) with Oscar® winners Jo Van Fleet (Supporting Actress), Jack Lemmon (Supporting Actor), Ernest Borgnine (Actor) and Marisa Pavan, who accepted Anna Magnani's Best Actress Award.
Show Producer:Robert Emmett Dolan
Telecast Directors for NBC:George Seaton
William A. Bennington (Hollywood)
& Richard Schneider (New York)
Musical Director:André Previn